I prefer to eat my doughnuts with a side of mashed potatoes
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:56 (three years ago) link
Fatal shooting in front of our place last night was. . . unexpected
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:04 (three years ago) link
I'd imagine so! I wondered if it was nearby your current spot and hoped it wasn't. Santa Barbara is not immune to the occasional act of violence, typically "gang related" as this is described. We had some occur very near to the place we rented on Anapamu years ago. Most of it seems to happen closer to downtown, so it's a trade-off between living closer to the city and being nearer to incidents of crime. But things have happened even near Santa Barbara Middle School, which seems to be one of the swankier areas in the hills on APS.
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:28 (three years ago) link
100% of the two deaths i've been present at are described earlier on this thread
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/us/ca/santa-barbara/crime-rate-statistics#:~:text=Violent%20crimes%20are%20defined%20in,a%205.03%25%20decline%20from%202016.
violent crime rate seems to trend near that for the US or at least california. murder/homicide is generally lower by a factor of 4. let's not give the Trumpers more ammo based on anecdotes.
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
i don't actually think SB is dangerous haha (although my post is true!)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Monday, 4 January 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
I think this means that you are dangerous!
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 January 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
in combination with santa barbara anyway
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 January 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
You could fall off a cliff and into the sea, or eaten by a mountain lion, or almost get swallowed by a whale. Things of that nature
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 4 January 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
celebrating laker fan might hit you with their car
― kniphofia face (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 4 January 2021 20:47 (three years ago) link
One of the victims was literally in front of our door :(. Apparently there were three separate spots where shots were fired along Liberty (which is only a block long). We were at the barn; came back at ~6:30pm to a lot of police tape. Detectives stopped by a couple of times but we obviously did not have anything to offer.
Very sad, I like this neighborhood a lot and don't feel it is dangerous at all!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 4 January 2021 20:53 (three years ago) link
So this is the fire-y flip side of the paradise coin.
Pony evac'd to Earl Warren yesterday.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:42 (two years ago) link
Fires aside, this place is awesome and we are so happy to live here. It's been a year this month! We still don't live in the house we bought on video lol.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:43 (two years ago) link
Glad you've made it home -- the area, if not the house!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 13 October 2021 17:36 (two years ago) link
excited for the reservoirs, of course
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 23 December 2021 22:59 (two years ago) link
less excited for the 8 mph average speed around town
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 23 December 2021 23:01 (two years ago) link
Creeks v full
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Friday, 24 December 2021 00:38 (two years ago) link
Ah I remember the tense December by Mission creek 2 years ago. Now I just have mid-foundation-construction worries.
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 24 December 2021 01:39 (two years ago) link
Just noticed a gutter was broken and aiming water directly at exposed wood in the sub area.
― accordion folder full of Zoobooks (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 24 December 2021 05:34 (two years ago) link
I’m not in SB at the moment, but pretty sure my pony is knee deep in mud. Hopefully not the case at the house. The street was prone to major float-your-car-away flooding, but the city did a bunch of storm drain work on it over the summer, so hopefully all is well.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 25 December 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ubvaxowp8UpF6RUN6
just a horse in a yard very near to downtown
― Bixby in a Samsung I know it's Siri-esque (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 04:54 (two years ago) link
wow this place is kind of magical?
― Stevie D(eux), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 15:46 (two years ago) link
It can be!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 16:39 (two years ago) link
Jean Baudrillard waxed eloquently about it in his book America.
― henry s, Tuesday, 5 April 2022 17:32 (two years ago) link
I am here now, in my glass coffin surrounded by VCRs, obsessed with death.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 18:00 (two years ago) link
I eat a burrito, a spooky mummy for beans, as a hummingbird probes for kniphofia's nectar like a pirate skeleton with a cutlass.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 18:07 (two years ago) link
this place truly is hell
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 18:10 (two years ago) link
I mean it is warm today. The nerve of SB to go over 75 F!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 19:00 (two years ago) link
Stevie D is srsly rocking the tank top and shorts and his presence increases the already high SB QOL by a notable margin.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 19:02 (two years ago) link
In Baudrillard’s Santa Barbara “you always hear the same question: ‘What are you doing after the orgy?’ ”
OK Stevie and I have actually been discussing this, sort of, re: convos with SB coffee house baristas
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 19:08 (two years ago) link
people here are so distracted by "what will we do after the orgy?" and you have to wonder where that interest was at during the orgy itself.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 5 April 2022 19:46 (two years ago) link
https://dankbowlkitchen.com/
I will never eat here, and I will never understand how it remains open.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link
but i must admit, these are the dankest bowls i've ever seen
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
Looks like something I'd try. The name doesn't put me off, if that's your objection.
― nickn, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:49 (one year ago) link
the food is bespoke hot pockets. the aesthetic is weed puns.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
I suppose Rebelution, the restaurant, would thrive here
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
i've always wanted to build my own daddy
― kurt schwitterz, Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
i am a free daddy absolutist
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 26 April 2022 19:13 (one year ago) link
SEETHING that user quincie did not take me to the Dank Bowl Kitchen and instead took me to the amazing taqueria and the amazing beachside seafood spot etc
― Stevie D(eux), Wednesday, 11 May 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
which ones!?
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 May 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link
Is La Super-Rica still a must?
― nickn, Thursday, 12 May 2022 01:58 (one year ago) link
Yeah but then i think all those “classic” california institutions are great or at least super fun
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 12 May 2022 02:02 (one year ago) link
I still enjoy it. They put a unique cream sauce on many items. We eat more Cuernavaca, Los Agaves, and Corazon though.
― Michael Flatley's (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 12 May 2022 03:53 (one year ago) link
I only learned of Dank Bowl recently, from this thread, and am saving it as a Punishment Meal for S! Who inflicted my punishment meal for that parking ticket we got when I was all “no we don’t need to pay for parking here” at Reunion on East Beach: I have now eaten at the Santa Barbara Denny’s
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 12 May 2022 05:41 (one year ago) link
― Stevie D(eux), Thursday, 12 May 2022 13:06 (one year ago) link
The unique cream sauce is a marvel!!
― Stevie D(eux), Thursday, 12 May 2022 13:13 (one year ago) link
we tend to get the rain we wanted all at once
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 January 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
I’m out of town and wondering if I should have left a flotation device for the pony!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Monday, 9 January 2023 20:16 (one year ago) link
SB Unified let school out early. Had to ford a few small rivers to pick up the kids. Partners says there are cars abandoned in flooded areas downtown.
― Cinta Kaz is comin' to town (Sufjan Grafton), Monday, 9 January 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
All of Montecito is under an evacuation order.
― nickn, Monday, 9 January 2023 21:57 (one year ago) link